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Leo Hurwitz This Island Seeing with our Hearts

LEO HURWITZ
THE ART OF SEEING 1968-1970
THIS ISLAND
Seeing With Our Hearts

January 29, 2018 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

This Island, a Leo Hurwitz film (Watch Film)- directed and edited by Leo with co-editor Peggy Lawson and cameraman Manfred Kirchheimer – is a film about a museum: The Detroit Institute of Art. But, This Island isn’t just about a museum. It’s about discovering the meaning in art. And, that requires looking deeply and openly …

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THE ART OF SEEING 1968-1970
THIS ISLAND
Seeing With Our Hearts
Leo Hurwitz Essay on Death In Memory of JFK

LEO HURWITZ
ESSAY ON DEATH
IN MEMORY OF JFK 1964

December 11, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

“A very dangerous and uncertain world, the President said on that last day” Leo Hurwitz’s Essay On Death (Watch Film) speaks to death’s randomness. Of course, JFK’s murder wasn’t random, but the fact that death can come out of nowhere at any time means we live constantly with the fragility of life. At the same …

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ESSAY ON DEATH
IN MEMORY OF JFK 1964
Leo Hurwitz's Here At The Water's Edge Seeing

LEO HURWITZ
HERE AT THE WATER’S EDGE 1961
Seeing What Needs To Be Seen

December 4, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Leo Hurwitz’s film, Here At The Water’s Edge (Watch Film), features the 1960 New York City’s waterfront. Made with photographer Charles Pratt, the film is a cinematic poem to the people who work on the water. Pratt, who largely financed the film, made it possible for Leo to use his vision as an artist and …

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HERE AT THE WATER’S EDGE 1961
Seeing What Needs To Be Seen
Leo Hurwitz's Film The Museum and the Fury 1957 on the dangers of fascism

LEO HURWITZ’S
THE MUSEUM AND THE FURY 1956
Remember The Dangers Of Fascism

November 27, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Let’s remember the threats of fascism. Forgetting is a very dangerous thing. And, Leo Hurwitz’s film, The Museum and The Fury 1956,  shows us why. Yet we do forget when we don’t want to see what exists on our own soil. Leo’s 1948 film Strange Victory details the seeds for fascism in America: racism, antisemitism, and …

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THE MUSEUM AND THE FURY 1956
Remember The Dangers Of Fascism
Leo Hurwitz's The Young Fighter - Who Does Ray Drake Belong To?

LEO HURWITZ
THE YOUNG FIGHTER 1953
Who Does Ray Drake Belong To?

November 20, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

The Young Fighter (Watch film) begins with a tough Brooklyn narrator’s voice. Tough as the boxing world is tough, tough as Ray Drake’s manager and trainer are tough; tough as the decision Ray Drake had to make. Would he become the Champ his manager and trainer were bent on making or the family man he …

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THE YOUNG FIGHTER 1953
Who Does Ray Drake Belong To?
Leo Hurwitz Strange Victory Hate's Purpose

LEO HURWITZ
STRANGE VICTORY 1948
Hate: Its Tenacity and Its Purpose

November 13, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Leo Hurwitz’s powerful 1948 WWII documentary, with its ironic title Strange Victory (Watch Here), is just as timely today as it was then. Because the film explores the inescapable question: “If we won, why do we look as if we lost? And, if Hitler died, why does his voice still pursue us through the spaces …

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STRANGE VICTORY 1948
Hate: Its Tenacity and Its Purpose
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